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New Island Hospital to hold free back pain lecture Back pain affects 80 percent of Americans at some time in their lives. Come to New Island Hospital's free Community Health Lecture on Coping with Back Problems/Pain and learn from Benjamin Cohen, MD, what you can do to improve your quality of life, Monday, January 22, 2007,7 p.m. in the staff room at New Island Hospital. A light dinner will be served. Seating is limited so call Community Relations at 520-2487 to RSVP. Back problems are the most common physical complaint among American adults. Nonspecific back pain is a leading cause of lost job time, to say nothing of the time and money spent in search of relief of pain and discomfort.
Back pain can have many causes. Pain caused by osteoarthritis can occur anywhere along the spine. The larger back muscles can be affected by fibrositis. Pain in the loin area on either side of the spine may indicate kidney infection. Damage to spinal discs, joints, ligaments, or muscles can be responsible for lower back pain. A fall or other injury can cause pain in the coccyx. Pain radiating from the buttock down the back or outside of the leg may be sciatica.
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